Pipe-wrench.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

W1 GORMLEY. PIPE- WRENCH. APPLICATION FILED nmso. 1904. RENEWED AUG. 25, 1905.

q/m/twwwo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.-

Applioction filed December 30, 1904. Renewed August 25. 1905. Serial No. 275,8.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM G RMLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the'county of Cook and State of Illinols, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Pipe-Wrenches, of which the ollowing is a specification.

This invention is an improved pi e-Wrendh in which ,the handlehas a jaw an carries a chain arranged to be placed around the pi e and hold the same so that the jaw will tal e hold. It is characterized pa;-ticularly by irnprovements with respect to the means for adjustin the chain, inasmuch as it frequently hap ens that a difference of one hnk will make t e chain either too long or too short, and supplemental devices are" necessary to produce the result. In the accom anying drawings,- Figure 1 is a side view of the wrench. Fi .2 is an edge view. Fi 3 is a section on t e line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Flg. 4 is a detail in perspective of an ad usting-wedge.

Referrlng specifically tothe drawings, 6 indicates the handle, which is squared at the lower end, as at 7. I The jaws. 8-are secured.

to the front end of the handle by bolts 9, there being a jaw ,on each side of the handle. The jaws are double.-that' is, they are toothed onboth sides, so that the; ipe may be gripped on either side thereof. his constructlon is advantageous, because when one side wears out the other side can be used; The attachment of separate jaws by bolts-is advantageous, because should a jaw breakit can be renewed without the expense of a whole wrench.

Upon the squared portion of the handle 1 to accommodate-pipes of difierent sizes.

' To' rinit a nicer adjustment'than is' per- .mitte 'by the means above referred to, the sleeve 10 is loose on the shank 7 and may be moved up and down and held at'adjustment by a pin 14, which fits through a hole inthe side of the sleeve and into anyone ofa series of holes; 15 inthe shank. 1 v

A further means of adjustment is provided by a wedge 16, which is forked tofit, around the shank 7. This wedcge maybe inserted between the collar 10 an the top of the jaws :8 to vary the distance'of'said collar and .ac-. Y cordingly the length of thechain. The wedge is conveniently connected byQa chain 17 to the head of the pin 14, so that it can be used or hang free, as desired.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

- In a wrench, he combination witha'handle, having jaws at the end thereof, of a sleeve slidable on the handle, anadjusting-wedge insertiblebetween the jaws and the sleeve, and

a chain attached at-both ends to the sleeve. In testimony whereofyI'havesigned'my name to-this specification in the presence of two'subscribingwitnesses.

' Witnesses: 1

v CLA A .PRQSOHER, H. G. BATCHELOR.

WILLIAM GORMLEY. 

